Specimen record
selrum-003
SelRum-003 Seljuqs of Rum, Masʿud II (1st reign: AH 679-697 / AD 1280-1298). Silver dirham (3.00 gm, 23.55 mm), Sivas, AH 688 = AD 1289/90. Album 1234.
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selrum-003
House record
This specimen
- Inventory no.
- selrum-003
- Weight
- 3.00 gm
- Diameter
- 23.55 mm
Type (catalogue)
- Dynasty
- Seljuqs of Rum
- Ruler
- Mas'ud II
- Reign
- 1st reign: AH 679-697 / AD 1280-1298
- Metal
- Silver
- Denomination
- Dirham
- Mint
- Sivas
- AH
- AH 688
- AD
- AD 1289/90
- References
- Album 1234
Obverse
Within a hexagon, ‘lā ilāha illā Allāh / Muḥammad rasūl Allāh’ (‘There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah’ in Arabic); two stars above; around, ‘ḍuriba – bi Sīwās – sana – thamān – thamānīn – sitta miʾa’ (‘Struck in Sivas in the year 688’ in Arabic).
Reverse
Within a dotted circle, ‘al-ʿaẓamat lillāh / al-sulṭān al-aʿẓam / Ghiyāth al-Dunyā wa al-Dīn / Abu’l-Fatḥ Masʿūd / ibn Kaykāwūs’ (‘Grandeur be to Allah. The supreme Sultan Ghiyath al-Dunya wa al-Din Abu’l-Fath Masʿud son of Kaykawus’ in Arabic).
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